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==Clinical Features== | ==Clinical Features== | ||
*anemia | |||
**weakness, fatigue, dyspnea | |||
*thrombocytopenia | |||
**mucosal bleeding, petechiae | |||
*neutropenia | |||
**recurrent infections, fever | |||
==Differential Diagnosis== | ==Differential Diagnosis== | ||
Revisión del 00:04 11 jul 2016
Background
- absence or decrease number of hematopoietic precursor cells --> pancytopenia (anemia, thrombocytopenia, neutropenia)
- causes
- drug-induced (chloramphenicol, carbamazepine, valproic acid, phenytoin)
- viral infection (parvovirus B19, HIV, hepatitis), especially in patients w/ sickle cell disease or immunocompromise
- autoimmune
- congenital (Fanconi anemia)
Clinical Features
- anemia
- weakness, fatigue, dyspnea
- thrombocytopenia
- mucosal bleeding, petechiae
- neutropenia
- recurrent infections, fever